Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-16

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foiio9fne Ne eonlnat e 1870 Il. Bat
hsated sd unmsaau1sd fnaEiminafions
hnEisd haek and fern bssvesn lie two
csgitals are noe periodically lsoksd fsE,
and aSs regarded a. muah 81 . csEsainty.
a. ths eaaiu0ssial enios q espssmbsr.
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ret for dseads besn mere undiagaissd
thsn - present. has The rseent hostile
osioaEsas via result IL anyihinR % -
nous - var b . con1insion IN shish
zany sts6sris Of EuEspsan politics On
nos coneur.
Ths Gloss Esa6sr Of events sea behind
TIE movsmenss BOZ assuming ~ sspeos
apparently ssEioaa, ths unmistakabIs
hand Of that aarslt Statesman, the Ger
man ChanesIloF. Having been unable
10 secure from TIE Rsishstag the ssEsn-
ysaF appropriation for tbs army 90 ms
plsa that Is was nsoessafy fer the main
tsnanos Of Ear0pssn paaos. be Is roe
vsrkine 70 obtain u By holding up the
spectre Of vsF. He is agare that there
l. ne more palriosis psopls on shs faes
Of the globe than those Of Teutonie
blood, snd II IL certainty q clever bis 81
ssatsssraft 10 raise JUS now 3 war ci0ud,
HpdsF TIE shadow Of which the elsetions
for tbs rev German Parliament can
o0nysnisntiy be hsld- Ths observes Of
recent German history can have little
hssiianey IN deciding ~ 70 h0w IN else
ton under sneh inAasncss ell resuss
Il woald Be Dssfsehlasd uessr AIlss
alike from Conservative, Nasional LIB
sral or Pfoarsssionisi.
That Prince Bismarck vas the Die:
tasog Of the aFticlss In the 9srmAn
Newspapers which have brought on the
pssssnt sxeitement there can Be bui
little doubt. Ths Post. . semi ofiisial
organ Of the government, took the lead
10 working upon the fears Of the pssple
The North GsTpGs Gazette and shl
Hsehytehtsa joined In the alarming sp
pFshsnsions ~ 10 the ssoarity Of thi
Rhins country, and BY their united
efforts have probably succeeded In iill
Ing the German voters With fear
aad suspicious. Sufficient, 81 least, b
lead them into Supporting . movsmsn
for an inereass In the ARMY estimates.
Il ahsuid be remarked that ell report
70 the effect that the French are mass
Inc troops danRsrously near their East
, ern frontier smanats from Germa
, sources. Oar knowledge Of Generl
Bouiangsr's daFiag ambition 70 regal
AIaaoe and Lorraine 10 drawn, for th
most part, from those sheets who
caser 10 the wishes Of the ofEics in Cd
/, wilhelm strasse. To BE- sure the Wal
|. Minister in Paris Il perfseting . sorsly
needed reorganization Of the FEenel
infantry and IL placing The cavalry an
artillery In aoondition Of sxcsllsuey IN
known fer years. lis equally true tia
be has devoted bic attention TO strength
ening the foFtreasss from the Belgiai
bsrdeF 10 Switzerland; bns an infeEenc
that IL Il with the intention or desire Q
engaging In an immediate contest a
arms with Germany II without warrant
France has . heartfelt longing for th
provinces torn from her BY the treat.
Of Frankfort. bat the French people d
not desire var; and General Boulaneel
unlike Napoleon the Third, cannot com
mence hosiilities BY stroke Of the pen
10 truth, there is no question Of issu
thsoaRh which. or on account Of which
the military forces Of the two pswen
can be brought into combat, end III
present crisis is bat . manufactured en-
aeRsFAti0n from the fertile brain Of ID
Empessf's trusted counsellor. Primo
Bismarck has no sxpeotstions Of Val
Il 10 merely q piece Of Political strasee!
conceived for the purpose Of gaining
his point upon question Of domestil
leGsalation, and. In all human probabil
ity, 10 will result a. similar project
have Invariably resulted--in his success
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